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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 1943491, member: 5833&quot;]And Fenton should know.&nbsp; Is it a generally used term in the glass/table ware world?&nbsp; I definitely get far more search results when I use &#039;compote&#039; &amp; Google suggests that&#039;s what I meant if I type in comport.&nbsp; Dictionaries don&#039;t seem to recognize the usage, although <a href="https://www.replacements.com/p/fenton-silver-crest-footed-comport/fensic/25899691" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.replacements.com/p/fenton-silver-crest-footed-comport/fensic/25899691" rel="nofollow">Replacements.com</a> does.&nbsp; In researches in my own areas of interest I have occasionally come across a typo/error in one otherwise authoritative source that got perpetuated in other sources that used the first one as a reference.&nbsp; I&#039;m always saying hubris is going to get me struck down by the gods when I question the writings of an expert, but printed sources are not always correct.&nbsp; Guess this model will have to stay a comport/compote, since Fenton has put the former in print &amp; both get used by the public.&nbsp; A very pretty &amp; delicate looking thing.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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